Telegram send photo
tg_send_photoSend photos via Telegram bot for notifications, supporting captions, reply threads, and multiple messaging platforms integration.
Instructions
Send photo via telegram bot
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| photo | Yes | Photo URL | |
| chat_id | No | Telegram chat id, Default to get from environment variables | |
| caption | No | Photo caption, 0-1024 characters after entities parsing | |
| parse_mode | No | Mode for parsing entities in the caption. [text/MarkdownV2] | |
| reply_to_message_id | No | Identifier of the message that will be replied to |
Implementation Reference
- mcp_notify/tgbot.py:58-74 (handler)The core handler function implementing the tg_send_photo tool logic. It sends a photo to a specified Telegram chat using the bot.send_photo method, handles optional caption with MarkdownV2 parsing, and returns the response as JSON.
async def tg_send_photo( photo: str = Field(description="Photo URL"), chat_id: str = Field("", description="Telegram chat id, Default to get from environment variables"), caption: str = Field("", description="Photo caption, 0-1024 characters after entities parsing"), parse_mode: str = Field("", description=f"Mode for parsing entities in the caption. [text/MarkdownV2]"), reply_to_message_id: int = Field(0, description="Identifier of the message that will be replied to"), ): if parse_mode == TELEGRAM_MARKDOWN_V2: caption = telegramify_markdown.markdownify(caption) res = await bot.send_photo( chat_id=chat_id or TELEGRAM_DEFAULT_CHAT, photo=photo, caption=caption or None, parse_mode=parse_mode if parse_mode in [TELEGRAM_MARKDOWN_V2] else None, reply_to_message_id=reply_to_message_id or None, ) return res.to_json() - mcp_notify/tgbot.py:54-57 (registration)FastMCP decorator that registers the tg_send_photo function as a tool with title and description.
@mcp.tool( title="Telegram send photo", description="Send photo via telegram bot", ) - mcp_notify/__init__.py:20-20 (registration)Registers all tools from tgbot module (including tg_send_photo) with the main MCP instance.
tgbot.add_tools(mcp) - mcp_notify/tgbot.py:24-28 (helper)Creates the Telegram Bot instance shared across tg_send_photo and other Telegram tools.
bot = Bot( TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN, base_url=f"{TELEGRAM_BASE_URL}/bot", base_file_url=f"{TELEGRAM_BASE_URL}/file/bot", ) if TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN else None